John Candelaria
Mustache Rating: 1 Fingers
Years Active: 1975-1993
Teams Played For: Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers
Career Stats: 177-122, 3.33 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
- At 6′7″ was one of the tallest people in the history of MLB, but [...]

Bret Saberhagen
Mustache Rating: 1 Fingers
Years Active: 1984-2001
Teams Played For: Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox
Career Stats: 167-117, 3.34 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: Yes!
Claims to Fame:
-Two-Time AL Cy Young Award Winner (1985, 1989)
-1985 World Series Most Valuable Player
Bret Saberhagen burst onto the scene in 1984, a twenty year old [...]

Bill Laskey
Mustache Rating: 3 Fingerses
Years Active: 1982-1988
Teams Played For: San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians
Career Stats: 42-53, 4.14 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
-The Giants traded fellow MPot80s Vida Blue to the Royals in 1982 for Laskey and clean-shaven but wonderfully named Atlee Hammaker
-Named to Baseball Digest’s 1982 Rookie All-Star Team [...]

Sammy Stewart
Mustache Rating: 4 Fingerses*
Years Active: 1978-1987
Teams Played For: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians
Career Stats: 59-48, 3.59 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
-Led the American League with a 2.32 ERA in 1981
-Pitched 7 2/3 innings of scoreless World Series baseball in 1979 and 1983
-Was available to pitch in the 1986 [...]

Rick Rhoden
Mustache Rating: 3.5 Fingerses
Years Active: 1974-1989
Teams Played For: Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Houston Astros
Career Stats: 151-125, 3.59 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: Yes!
Claims to Fame:
-Billy Martin put Rhoden in as designated hitter in a June 11, 1988 Yankees/Orioles game, marking the first time a pitcher batted in an American [...]

Lee Tunnell
Mustache Rating: 3 Fingers
Years Active: 1981-1991
Teams Played For: San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics
Career Stats: 101-89, 3.66 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
- Once played alongside Al Holland, the duo was dubbed “Holland Tunnell” on a novelty baseball card
- His post-MLB career has seen him work with teams named the Daiei Hawks, [...]

Eric Show
Mustache Rating: 3.5 Fingers*
Years Active: 1981-1991
Teams Played For: San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics
Career Stats: 101-89, 3.66 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
-Gave up Pete Rose’s 4,192nd hit in 1985
-Hit Andre Dawson in the face in 1987
-Most Career Wins as a Padre (100)
-Jazz guitar enthusiast and member of the John Birch Society
-Died [...]

Each year a mysterious cabal of sportswriters mash up a bunch of statistics, superstitions and bizarre grudges and decide who gets enshrined in the Hall of Fame. There are many perks to being enshrined in “The Hall”, not the least of which is getting your portrait painted by Dick Perez for the Perez-Steele Gallery. Or [...]